Carl Crawford was everywhere in the LA Dodgers' game three victory over the Atlanta Braves in game four of the National League Divisional Series, hitting a two-run home run and making a spectacular running catch in the eighth inning. Photograph: Michael Nelson/EPA

5.24am BST

Final thoughts

Well, it's been a long night and there's not a lot that needs to be said. It started out tense and ended as a laugher. On a night where neither starter was effective, the Dodgers bats crushed the Braves bullpen and now Atlanta might have to turn to Freddy Garcia, on the the road, tomorrow night to keep their season alive just one more day. Plus, with Miguel Cabrera clearly limited by injuries, L.A. might have the best hitter in the playoffs with Hanley Ramirez and they still have the best starting pitcher in the league in their back pocket. So yeah, this could be a scary team this October.That will wrap up tonight's coverage of the MLB playoffs, but we'll be back tomorrow as the Divisonal Series continue. Thanks to everyone who followed along with us tonight, especially those who contributed emails and tweets (sorry I couldn't fit them all in). Ciao!

5.14am BST

Dodgers take 2-1 series lead in the NLDS!

And the Braves are a game away from yet another early playoff exit.

5.11am BST

Dodgers 13 - Braves 6, FINAL

"Paco" by Ladytron > Paco Rodriguez. Here comes Kenley Jansen to get the final out with runners on the corner. He gets Brian McCann to strike out and that's the game! Dodgers win!

5.07am BST

Braves 6 - Dodgers 13, top of the 9th

Rodriguez gets Evan Gettis in a 0-2 hole but Gettis hits a sharp single and the Dodgers might have to... Oh here comes Mattingly. Looking like the Braves have forced the Dodgers to use their closer. Pyrrhic victory?

Updated at 5.08am BST

5.04am BST

Braves 6 - Dodgers 13, top of the 9th

Here's Freddie Freeman, the man with the fakest sounding birth name in the majors. Paco strikes hime out and now the Dodgers are one out away from a 2-1 NLDS lead.

5.03am BST

Braves 6 - Dodgers 13, top of the 9th

Paco Rodriguez then walks Justin Upton and we're seeing exactly why he's the low-leverage guy on the roster. Closer Kenley Jansen is warming up just in case, although L.A. probably won't want to use him.

4.59am BST

HOME RUN! Braves 6 - Dodgers 13, top of the 9th

Jason Heyward, for one, isn't giving up he hits a two-run gatbage time home run that is positively A-Rodian.

4.57am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 13, top of the 9th

Reed Johnson comes in to game to pinch-hit in the pitcher's spot, because there are clearly not enough people named Johnson on the box score already. He gets a single that Nick Punto couldn't do anything with. Six or seven more of those and this game might be interesting.

4.55am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 13, top of the 9th

NICK PUNTO APPEARANCE AT SHIRT! This one is officially over. Paco Rodrgiuez is out to get the last three outs of the game, he gets Elliot Johnson to fly out for out one.

4.51am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 13, bottom of the 8th

That ended Avilan's night, so much for my "last bullpen move" prediction, as Gonzalez replaces him with David Hale as Dodger Stadium blasts "Hit the Road Jack". Hale gets Uribe to ground out to finally end this inning.

4.48am BST

RUN! Braves 4 - Dodgers 13, bottom of the 8th

Hanley Ramirez scores from second on a Puig single and now the Dodgers are one run away from a two-touchdown night.

4.45am BST

RUN! Braves 4 - Dodgers 12, bottom of the 8th

Luis Avilan is up to face Adrian Gonzalez. Gonzalez hits a single to score Mark Ellis and the Dodgers are two runs away from a two touchdown game.

Updated at 4.46am BST

4.40am BST

RUN! Braves 4 - Dodgers 11, bottom of the 8th

Hanley Ramirez hits a long single, scoring Carl Crawford from second. Remember when this was a close game? That will end Walden's night as Gonzalez goes to his bullpen one last, desperate time.

4.37am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, bottom of the 8th

That Other Ellis takes a walk, which brings up Hanley Ramirez.

4.34am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, bottom of the 8th

Carl Crawford, player of the night unless the Dodgers come up with an unspeakable Texas Rangery collapse, steps in and hits into a force that erases A.J. Ellis.

4.32am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, bottom of the 8th

Big cheer as the hurting Andre Ethier is announced as a pinch-hitter in the pitcher's spot, try to say that five times fast. No Kirk Gibson-y home run for the beat up their, he strikes out.

David Lengel (@LengelDavid)

Vin Scully says: "JP Howell is one of those guys that smile easily. You don't forget a guy like that." @HunterFelt

Good question. At this point it would be less worrying about the pitcher and just whether he'd be the most effective option. Now if Kershaw on short rest was available for the Braves they'd go with him over Freddy Garcia.

4.23am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, top of the 8th

The fake chants continue. Ronald Belisario comes into the game and gets Chris Johnson to strike out swinging.

4.20am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, top of the 8th

Howell's back out for the start of the 8th, he gets Brian McCann to hit a fly, and Carl Crawford makes a running catch to make the catch, his momentum pushing him over the wall. A highlight reel play. That's one down and Don Mattingly decides to delve back into his bullpen.

The difference between doing the Braves Chop and drinking Miller Lite is that when you drink Miller you don't risk offending other cultures. (Thinks for a second about his time in bars.) On second thought maybe they actually do share that quality.

4.13am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, bottom of the 7th

Walden follows the Puig groundout by striking out Juan Uribe and getting Schumaker to hit one towards Simmons and that inning is already over.

4.10am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, bottom of the 7th

Jordan Walden enters the game for Atlanta and gets Puig to ground out to second.

ash. (@hyperalloy)

By the time this LA/Atlanta baseball game is over, @HunterFelt will be fifty years old.

Seventh Inning Stretch

Reminder that this is the only tolerable version of "God Bless America".

4.04am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, top of the 7th

Wait, wait, the Braves seriously might start Freddy Garcia next game? That wasn't a joke? As if this weren't enough of a must-win game for Atlanta to begin with. Which is not good for them, especially since Howell strikes out Gattis and they only have six outs left to play with.

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, top of the 7th

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, top of the 7th

Chris Capuano is not. The Dodgers go with left-handed reliever and occasional forced "Gilligan's Island" joke starts the seventh, and he starts his night with a strikeout of Heyward.

3.55am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, bottom of the 6th

Elliot Johnson dives for a Gonzalez line drive and throws it to Simmons at short for an inning-ending double play. Not entirely unimpressive.

Roger Kirkby:

Er Hunter, his era comes from Pitching, not fielding, his fielding stats are only accountable in metrics

Sure, but the fact that stat doesn't count any of the terrible, terrible pitching that he did after he failed to make the play because the inning should have been over is just... Very "Get Out Of Jail Free". If I were a pitcher I'd think about deliberately making errors to protect the crispness of my ERA.

3.50am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, bottom of the 6th

Luis Ayala is the new pitcher for the Braves, and he gets Mark (almost confident here) Ellis to strike out. Now here comes the man of the hour, Hanley Ramirez who works a full count. He fouls a ball of his foot, always a squirmy moment, and on the eleventh pitch he finagles a walk.

David Lengel (@LengelDavid)

Via KLAC-Hanley Ramirez being part of a WBC title team changed his perspective on game, gave him playoff feel for first time @HunterFelt

It surprised me when I heard that this was Ramirez's first postseason appearance and then I remembered, you know, Marlins.

3.43am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, bottom of the 6th

Alex Wood is done. He allowed four runs but it doesn't affect his ERA because they were unearned runs because of the error HE HIMSELF COMMITTED. Baseball is dumb.

3.40am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, top of the 6th

Capuano was missing with his spot, falling behind 3-0 on Elliot Johnson, but he managed to rally back and get Johnson to hit into a double play to clear the bases for B.J. Upton, truly the Eric Roberts of the baseball world, pinch-hitting for Alex Wood. Capuano strikes out B.J. Upton on what seems like two pitches, that's how bad he looked.

3.36am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, top of the 6th

Andrelton Simmons starts the 6th for the Braves by taking a four pitch walk issued by Capuano.

Fans at Dodger Stadium have been mocking the Tomahawk Chop, which I have two minds about a) The Chop is both horrifically awful and at best insensitive but b) I'm not sure it's that much better to do the Chop "ironically".

Updated at 3.40am BST

3.30am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, bottom of the 5th

Alex Wood is back for the fifth. I am starting a petition to make it illegal for A.J. Ellis and Mark Ellis to be on the same roster because I will always guess the wrong one. In any case, A.J. (or at least I'm fairly sure it's A.J.) flies out, Capuano grounds out because NL and Carl Crawford strikes out to end the inning. This game has certainly shifted gears.

David Lengel (@LengelDavid)

In last 10yrs, 15 best-of-five series were tied 1-1. Game three winner won the series in 14 of them. It's a must win tonight. @HunterFelt

My colleague David Lengel points out how absolutely critical this game is on both sides.

3.24am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, top of the 5th

Capuano gets Gattis to strike out for the first out of the inning. Brian McCann grounds into a fielder's choice, a nifty play from Mark Ellis to Hanley Ramirez to force Freeman at second for the second out and then Chris Johnson grounds out to Ramirez to end an inning that lasted about as long as than Evan Gattis at-bat a few innings ago.

3.19am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, top of the 5th

Oh and @NotCoachTito took a quick break from his Sunday cribbage matches to make a decent point:

Not Terry Francona (@NotCoachTito)

Farrell and Girardi should send tapes of that 3rd inning to anyone who complains about the length of Yankees/Sox games. @HunterFelt

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, top of the 5th

Capuano falls behind Freddie Freeman 3-0 and, after getting two strikes, he issues a free pass, not the thing you want to do with a large lead.

Roger Kirkby on the lateness of the hour quotes some vintage Serling:

'"There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and timeless as extra innings. It is the middle reliever ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area we call the Twilight Zone."

3.13am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, bottom of the 4th

And Schumaker grounds out to end the inning, but the Braves... well they have to hope for a Dodgers bullpen implosion if they want to steal this one.

Liz Britton (@lizziebee3)

.@HunterFelt At 2:55am in UK, was kind of hoping for an early(ish) night ... but how can I leave a game like this?! #Braves#Dodgers

Well the Dodgers are doing their best to effectively end this game early.

3.10am BST

HOME RUN! Braves 4 - Dodgers 10, bottom of the 4th

Juan Uribe hits an opposite field home run! This is going to be a long night folks, even those of you on the West Coast.

3.09am BST

RUN! Braves 4 - Dodgers 8, bottom of the 4th

It doesn't matter, Puig hits a selfish RBI to draw attention to himself and make a mockery of the sacred traditions of baseball.

3.08am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 7, bottom of the 4th

Wood streaks out Adrian Gonzalez so Ramirez won't be able to score from third on an out.

3.04am BST

RUN SCORING TRIPLE! Braves 4 - Dodgers 7, bottom of the 4th

Holy fucking heck, Hanley Ramirez hits a triple to drive in Crawford. Still just one out. How f'ing awesome has he been this year?

Updated at 3.07am BST

3.03am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 6, bottom of the 4th

Carl Crawford leads off the bottom of the 4th inning against Alex Wood by beating out a bunt attempt thanks to Wood's miscue. Mark Ellis is up next, and he nearly gets hit. Wood's showing some serious control problems, but considering he's a young player in the postseason for the first time, it's to be expected. Ellis hits a harmless fly for the first out of the inning.

Updated at 3.07am BST

2.58am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 6, top of the 4th

Capuano, who as a converted starter might be in the game for a bit, gets Justin Heyward to pop one sky-high to Schumaker in centerfield and then strikes out Justin Upton to end the inning. That went a bit faster than the last one.

Braves 4 - Dodgers 6, bottom of the 3rd

Ryu's night is over as well, Michael Young is "hitting" in the pitcher's spot in the order with Alex Wood on the mound for Atlanta. He falls into an 0-2 count but then Wood uncorks a wild pitch in the dirt and the Dodgers runners move up to second and third. Of course, since Michael Young would have been out of baseball years ago if he hadn't hypnotized so many baseball people in believing he has magical clubhouse powers... he strikes out to finally end the third.

2.38am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 6, bottom of the 3rd

The Dodgers have decided they don't want this third inning to end so we get more Vin Scully. Uribe strikes out but A.J. Ellis hits a single and now it's runners on first and second with two outs and Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez is taking Teheran out of the game.

Updated at 4.44am BST

2.35am BST

RUN! Braves 4 - Dodgers 6, bottom of the 3rd

Schumaker gets a base hit of Teheran to score Puig and this one is not going to be the low-scoring affair that I predicted is it?

At the moment he's only under contract to do AL games. He's not much of a bunting fan either.

2.31am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 5, bottom of the 3rd

And here comes Puig, he hits what could have been a double play ball to Chris Johnson but Gonzalez takes out Elliot Johnson at second, so his throw to first is wild. Puig is safe at first and then makes it to second on the throwing errors.

Steve Busfield (@Busfield)

@HunterFelt Back-to-back mistakes by Ryu hurt #Dodgers - should've got to bag for double play. Should've thrown to first for out on the bunt

I will take this as a compliment. I will mention that I may be a tad melodramatic and hyperbolic when doing these liveblogs. I know, shocking right? I'm usually so reserved.

2.22am BST

Braves 4 - Dodgers 4, top of the 3rd

Simmons, mercifully for Ryu, hits into a double play to end the inning but the Braves have tied this one up.

2.21am BST

RUN! Braves 4 - Dodgers 4, top of the 3rd

Chris Johnson, from my hometown of Naples it appears, is up next, hitting one back to Ryu who decides to throw to home plate where he has no play. Freeman scores and there's still only one out.

Updated at 2.21am BST

2.17am BST

RUN! Braves 3 - Dodgers 4, top of the 3rd

Vin Scully points out that Braves catcher Brian McCann is from Athens, and now I want him to come to the plate to R.E.M.'s "Talk About The Passion". He works a full count with the bases loaded. The next pitch? McCann fouls off. He's gotta be thinking "not this again". McCann hit into a double play... Oh nope, Ryu can't make it to the first on time so the Braves only get one out, Gattis, and Upton scores from third. Freeman's now on third.

Updated at 2.22am BST

2.13am BST

Braves 2 - Dodgers 4, top of the 3rd

Evan Gattis is up next, and he fouls off like a gazillion Ryu offerings (11 pitches, 7 foul balls to be more precise). On the 12th pitch, Gattis hits one in front of Schumaker that loads the bases without any outs.

Richie Owens (@richiemetsoh)

@HunterFelt Puig just stood at 2nd and watched Schumaker strike out. Just stood there. As if he didn't care. McCann should confront him.

This would be a bit more outrageous if there weren't a huge contingency of Red Sox fans who have frothing-at-the-mouth levels of anger towards J.D. Drew because he didn't react at the plate when Jacoby Ellsbury stole home during an at-bat.

2.07am BST

Braves 2 - Dodgers 4, top of the 3rd

Freddie Freeman comes up and almost immediately singles, Puig is able to get to the ball quickly and hit cut-off man Ramirez. What an entitled loafer, Mattingly should bench him for the remainder of the playoffs.

2.04am BST

Braves 2 - Dodgers 4, top of the 3rd

Justin "You're Definitely Not Thinking Of" Upton starts off the top of the third with a base hit. He's 2-for-2 on the night.

So it's also available on mobile for subscribers, there's really no reason NOT to listen to him then.

2.01am BST

Emails

Roger Kirkby:

Don't ya just love it when a team walks a batter to face the pitcher, then runs score, ha ha ha

This is one of the reasons I'm an American League guy: the NL is filled with pitchers hitting, intentional walks, sacrifice bunting... Just no, no to all of it.

1.59am BST

Braves 2 - Dodgers 4, bottom of the 2nd

That's a two-run homer from Carl Crawford and Teheran's long second inning gets longer. It's okay thought, because Steve Lyons tells me that pitchers would rather allow home runs than pitch with runners on base. Mark "No You're Thinking Of A.J." Ellis strikes out to end the inning but it was a huge one for L.A..

1.57am BST

HOME RUN! Braves 2 - Dodgers 4, bottom of the 2nd

Vin just called Ryu "byung hyun kim" which makes me feel a little better about the Puig thing, even legends can make mis- OH MY GOD CRAWFORD JUST CRUSHED THAT!

1.55am BST

RUN! Braves 2 - Dodgers 1, bottom of the 2nd

And he does! Ryu hits a long flyball that scores Puig and Uribe takes to third!

1.53am BST

Braves 2 - Dodgers 0, bottom of the 2nd

With one down, A.J. "No You're Thinking Of Mark" Ellis is up next and he works a full count off of Teheran and then takes ball four to load the bases for Ryu, giving tonight's starter the chance to give himself some run support.

1.48am BST

Braves 2 - Dodgers 0, bottom of the 2nd

Skip Schumaker, who will be playing the part of Nick Punto tonight, strikes out on a controversial strike call (according to the bleacher refs).

1.46am BST

Braves 2 - Dodgers 0, bottom of the 2nd

With Uribe at the bat, Teheran tries to pick off Puig who makes it back just in time. On the very next itch, Uribe hits a single to puts runners on first and second and no outs.

Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra)

Puig almost, but not quite, thrown out at first. Plaschke, Miller, Morosi all mad that they didn't get a chance to make An Important Point.

Braves 2 - Dodgers 0, bottom of the 2nd

Yasiel Puig, who I keep calling Yunel after covering three straight Tampa Bay Rays games, is up next. I don't know what's more exciting: Seeing what Puig will do next or seeing how hysterical scolds in the media spin it to make him the World's Biggest Monster.

Puig hits a solid single, probably by Playing The Game The Wrong Way.

1.38am BST

Braves 2 - Dodgers 0, top of the 2nd

Ryu strikes out his counterpart Teheran, and seriously pitcher strikeouts should only count as, like, half of a strikeout in the record books. Justin Heyward than flies out to end of the inning.

1.36am BST

Braves 2 - Dodgers 0, top of the 2nd

Elliot Johnson is up for the Braves, and he weakly grounds out to Hanley at short.

Email from Roger Kirkby:

So after all the teams have used their 'ace' pitchers in games one and two, we now enter The Twilight Zone that is postseason baseball (note the Pirates score earlier). ANYTHING can happen and probably will from here on out. That's why we all suffer this game

You could do a lot worse for number three starters than Teharan and Ryu, Ask the Minnesota Twins.

Updated at 1.36am BST

1.32am BST

Tweets

Steve (@stevo1270)

@HunterFelt i hope the braves win this, win the next one then bring a paddling pool out and jump in it.

Braves 2 - Dodgers 0, bottom of the 1st

Carl Crawford, Hanley Ramirez and now Adrian Gonzalez. Once upon a time all of these players were supposed to be longtime Red Sox fixtures. Funny how that works. Adrian Gonzalez strikes out and the Dodgers don't even get Crawford to second. Vin disapproves.

1.29am BST

Braves 2 - Dodgers 0, bottom of the 1st

Here's Hanley Ramirez, the biggest reason that the Dodgers were able to turn their season around after an Anaheim Angels-esque start. Puig, the exciting rookie received the most attention but Ramirez has clearly been their best player since returning from injury (which happened right when the Dodgers started to click). If it weren't for the days on the DL, Ramirez would have a solid NL MVP case. All he does here is hit a lazy fly here, so Crawford is still on second with two outs.

1.26am BST

Braves 2 - Dodgers 0, bottom of the 1st

"There's Ellis in a familiar 0-2..." Ah I love Vin Scully, Mark Ellis swings out on three pitches to make the first out of the game.

1.25am BST

Braves 2 - Dodgers 0, bottom of the 1st

And two batters in, Teheran throws a wild pitch and the speedy Crawford easily makes it to second. So not the cleanest start for the rookies making their postseason debut.

1.24am BST

Braves 2 - Dodgers 0, bottom of the 1st

The Dodgers start the bottom of the first inning with a Carl Crawford base hit off of Teheran.

1.22am BST

PSA!

MLB.com, if you have a subscription, has the Vin Scully radio broadcast of the game available live. I strongly recommend muting the TBS chatterers and heading there, even if it doesn't really synch with the images.

1.21am BST

RUN! Braves 2 - Dodgers 0, Top of the 1st

The first inning ends with Simmons popping out to second. That was a rough first inning for the Dodgers, Ryu didn't look too sharp. Good things most Dodgers fans probably haven't yet reached the stadium

1.19am BST

RUN! Braves 2 - Dodgers 0, Top of the 1st

Now Chris Johnson hits a solid single off of Ryu, singling in Gattis. This is not a good start for the Dodgers.

1.16am BST

Braves 1 - Dodgers 0, Top of the 1st

Brian McCann is up and he has a pretty solid at-bat that results in a walk, and now it's runners on first and second.

1.15am BST

RUN! Braves 1 - Dodgers 0, Top of the 1st

And Evan Gattis singles in Upton and Atlanta already has a run here .

Updated at 1.15am BST

1.14am BST

Braves 0 - Dodgers 0, Top of the 1st

Freddie Freeman, who Braves fans adorably think should be in the MVP conversation, hits a flyball, Upton can't advance on it and it's two down.

1.12am BST

Braves 0 - Dodgers 0, Top of the 1st

Justin Upton, the Michael to B.J.'s Jermaine is up next, and he hits one to right center that Schumaker can't get to it and Upton's on second for the first hit of the night.

1.10am BST

Braves 0 - Dodgers 0, Top of the 1st

And we're off! Heyward grounds out to Ramirez on three pitches.

1.05am BST

Injuries

One advantage that the Braves will have in this series is that they're relatively healthy, while the Dodgers are dealing with injuries to the won't-be-back Matt Kemp (who should have been the MVP in the year Ryan Braun won, PEDs or not), Andre Either and (the deepest cut of them all) Nick Punto.

1.00am BST

Predictions

I'm not really superstitious about very many sports things but I completely believe in the Atlanta pro sports curse. Braves, Hawks, Falcons... I always predict that they get eliminated in the first round. So, I'm going with the Dodgers here, both in the series and in the game. Maybe 4-3 Dodgers victory? I'm willing to hear other opinions, and also opinions that validate my own. You can email them to hunter.felt.freelance@theguardian.com or tweet @HunterFelt.

Atlanta Braves lineup

Here's the Atlanta Braves lineup, note the absence of two of their highest paid players in B.J. Upton and Dan Uggla (who isn't even on the postseason roster). Not two of the better signings in Braves history.

Pirates win!

There was just one other game in the MLB Playoffs tonight and that would be NLDS Game 3 between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, which has just wrapped up with the Pirates beating the Cardinals 5-3. So, yeah, the Pirates have a 2-1 series lead in the Playoffs. No I don't understand anything anymore either.

12.00am BST

Preamble

The National League Divisional Series between the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers is basically an '80s slobs vs. snobs movie where the rich kids are the slobs. While the Atlanta Braves have been busy trying to enforce violations of unwritten rules. The Dodgers have taken on the personality of their two best hitters, controversial Cuban phenom Yasiel Puig and rejuvenated former Marlins infielder Hanley Ramirez. When the Dodgers celebrated clinching their playoff spot by sneaking into the Arizona Diamondbacks' pool it was as if a season that started off like the "Bad News Bears" in a bad way, when the Dodgers had an atrocious beginning of the season that almost got manager Don Mattingly fired, entered into the zany winning montage portion of the movie.

So these two teams are designed to be perfect contrasts to one another, so it's no big shock that the NLDS is coming to Dodgers Stadium tied up at 1-1 after a dramatic game two on Friday. Tonight it's a battle of rookie pitchers with similar regular season records as the Braves put 22 year old Julio Teheran (14-8, 3.20) on the mound against 26 year old South Korean import Hyun-Jin Ryu (14-8, 3.00). Okay, it's a bit of a cheat to call Ryu a rookie since he's been playing professional baseball for a while but, hey, Ichiro Suzuki won a Rookie of the Year when he arrived in the MLB.

So today's the tiebreaker game, it should be good. Remember that we will be using your questions, comments, jokes, and predictions throughout tonight's liveblog. You can either email them to hunter.felt.freelance@theguardian.com or you can tweet @HunterFelt. It's the Atlanta Braves vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodgers Stadium! First pitch is 8:07pm EST/1:07am BST. We'll be back shortly with starting lineups, predictions and a rundown of this weekend's MLB playoff action.